Shingle-gage.



No. 658,538. Patented Sept. 25, I900.

C. WILSON.

SHINGLE GAGE.

[Application filed Mar. 22, 1900.)

(No Model.)

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CLARK WILSON, OF TOPEKA, KANSAS.

SHlNGLE-GAGE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 658,538, dated September 25, 1900.

' Application filed March 22, 1900. Serial No. 9,754. (No model.)

To a, whom, it rncvy concern:

Be it known that I, CLARK WILSON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Topeka, in the county of Shawnee and State of Kansas, have invented new and useful Improvements in Shin gle-Gages, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a new and improved shingle-gage; and its object is to provide a device of this character which is readily applicable to a hammer or hatchet of the usual construction and which is neat and effective.

To these ends the invention consists in the novel construction and combination of parts hereinafter more fully described and claimed and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, showing the preferred form of my invention, and in which- Figure 1 is a view showing the device applied to a hatchet, shown in dotted lines, and Fig. 2 is a detail view of the device.

Referring to said figures by numerals of reference, 1 is a stem, preferably tapered, as shown, and formed of any suitable material, as brass. This stem is secured to a plate 2 by means of a spring-strip 3, formed with or secured to the parts 1 and 2. A perforation is formed within the stem 1 and is adapted to receive a screw 4:, which projects into one of two or more perforations 5, formed within the plate 2, and is held therein by means of a nut 6, as shown.

In operation the parts 1 and 2 are removed from each other and the spring 3 placed around the handle of the hatchet or hammer in use. The screw 4 is then placed in position and the device is securely clamped to the handle. It Will be seen that the attachadvantages thereof, and I therefore reserve the right to make such changes as fairly fall within the scope of my invention.

'Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- 1. A gage attachment formed in one piece and comprising a'tapered stem having an opening therein, a plate having perforations, a spring-band between and of less thickness than the stem and plate, a screw within the opening of the stem and adapted to engage either of the perforations of the plate, and means for binding said stem and plate together.

2. The combination with the handle of .a tool; of agage attachment formed of one piece and comprising a tapered stem having an opening therein, a plate provided with a series of perforations, a spring-band between and of less thickness than said stem and plate, said band inclosing the handle, and means for clamping the stem and plate together.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CLARK WILSON.

Witnesses:

SMITH W. CARPENTER, EDUARD BRIDGES. 

